High School and Meetings

If you're a parent of a Gorman Fort Banks Elementary student, your family is going to be directly impacted by the choices of the Winthrop School Building Assistance Committee. They are working with the community to determine what kind of development plan will be taken for the High School and possibly the Middle School. It is critical that members of the community make their thoughts known. Please take a moment to take their survey.

Our next PTO meeting is Wednesday, December 12 at 6:30 pm in the school cafeteria. The agenda is coming soon!

Also, the next School Committee meeting is Thursday, December 13 at 7:30 pm.  Click here for the agenda.

Town Forum on High School Renovation/Construction

From Karin Chavis: 

The School Building Assistance Committee (SBAC) met last night and are scheduling a Town Forum for November 14, 2012 at the Winthrop High School auditorium at 6:30pm. It will be an informational meeting of costs and what we can get for our buck along with a question and answer period. 

To learn more about the plans for the High School or possible combined Middle School and High School. Visit the School Building Assistance Committee's web page.

Renovate? Or build a new high school?

WINTHROP SCHOOL BUILDING ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE
COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING

WEDNESDAY, JULY 18th at 6:30pm
Winthrop High School
Main Street, Winthrop

The School Building Committee welcomes your questions and input in pursuing plans around the high school.
What are your thoughts, concerns and questions?
Invite your friends and family to attend.
Save the date and plan to come participate in
this open community forum.

School Committee membersTodd Sacco, Brian Perrin, Melissa Polino are on the Buildings & Grounds, Maintenance, Utilities Subcommittee.

The Fortbanks PTO will live tweet at the meeting. Follow us on Twitter @fortbankspto

Winthrop Public School Building Survey

The Winthrop Public Schools will conduct a community survey in regards to our school Rebuilding Process.  The survey will begin Monday, July 25^th and end on Monday August 8^th.  The survey will assist the School Building Committee with which options to explore for the Feasibility Study for Winthrop High School.  In addition the School Building Committee will conduct two public hearings.  The dates are Thursday, August 11^th at 7pm and Tuesday August 16^th at 7pm.  Both public hearings will be held in the Harvey Room at Town Hall.

Background

The Town of Winthrop submitted a request to Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) in 2006 for the renovation of Winthrop High School.  The MSBA subsequently voted to invite Winthrop into the MSBA’s capital pipeline for a repair project at WHS in Oct 2007.  In recent months the School Building Committee has acknowledged that both the WHS and Winthrop Middle School are in need of major repair/renovation.  The Town would like to explore the possibility of constructing a Middle-High school complex as opposed to renovating the existing buildings.  In March 2011, a letter was sent to MSBA requesting that Winthrop be allowed to explore the combined Middle-High school options, in addition to renovation, as part of the feasibility scope.  MSBA recently responded to the Town, that in order for us to add this as another option to explore, we must conduct an outreach to gauge community support.  Therefore we ask that you complete the survey on either the Town or School website so the Building Committee can gauge our community support.  Please note all we are asking is whether you wish for the committee to explore this option.  

Click here to take survey